My best low-end setup was a network gateway running FreeBSD for traffic shapping and NAT. It was a Pentium pro II, out-of-the-shelf with 4 3COM Fast Ethernet an

My best low-end setup was a network gateway running FreeBSD for traffic shapping and NAT. It was a Pentium pro II, out-of-the-shelf with 4 3COM Fast Ethernet and used to provide internet for more than 2k simultaneous users. It was the main server from an ISP where I used to give some consulting.